Iceberg spotted farther North than previously seen

jimpeel

jimpeel

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I guess global warming is not taking its toll on icebergs.

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Rare Iceberg Spotted Off Island South of Australia

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

SYDNEY — A large iceberg was spotted off an island about halfway between Antarctica and Australia, a rare sight in waters so far north, Australian scientists said Thursday.

Australian Antarctic Division researchers working on Macquarie Island, about 930 miles southeast of Tasmania, first saw the iceberg last Thursday about 5 miles off the northwest coast of the island.

The iceberg, about 160 feet high (Which means that there is another 1280 feet of ice below the water. -j) and 1,640 feet long, is probably part of one of several larger icebergs that broke off Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf between 2000 and 2002, Australian Antarctic Division glaciologist Neal Young said.

Several icebergs have been drifting slowly northward with the ocean current toward the island over the past year, but it is uncommon for them to move so far into warmer northern waters, he said.

The scientists believe the iceberg will break up and melt rapidly as it continues its journey north.
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Sure Jim, the ice shelf broke off which means warming isn't taking a toll on that iceberg which will break up and melt rapidly.
 
Icebergs are frozen water, get over it.

Naturally the Sun warms the earth
if not we’d all freeze to death?

The idea that mankind could have any effect on the
earth's climate is totally preposterous.

One good volcanic eruption blasts out more
CO2 than all the man made CO2 output since
the dawn of time

This is all merely an attempt to tax everyone further into
a state of 3rd world poverty. I say fook dat shitte.
And the carbon footprint you rode in on.
 
spike said:
Wait? Are you the guy that thinks billions of people have no effect? I was always wondering who that was.
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Yeah, basically. Global warming as promoted by Algore is a farce. We have an effect, but nothing like the cult of global warming would like us to believe.

The lie called "consensus" is just a lie, people are seeing it as such. :shrug:

:laugh3:
 
More and more scientists are jumping off the GW bandwagon.

SOURCE

Climate change 'sceptic' Ian Plimer argues CO2 is not causing global warming

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is a natural phenomenon caused by volcanoes and is not responsible for climate change, a scientist has claimed.

By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent
Published: 2:54PM GMT 12 Nov 2009

Professor Ian Plimer, a geologist from Adelaide University, argues that a recent rise in temperature around the world is caused by solar cycles and other "extra terrestrial" forces.

He said carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, widely blamed for global warming, is a natural phenomenon caused by volcanoes erupting.

"We cannot stop carbon emissions because most of them come from volcanoes," he said. "It is a normal element cycled around in the earth and my science, which is looking back in time, is saying we have had a planet that has been a green, warm wet planet 80 per cent of the time. We have had huge climate change in the past and to think the very slight variations we measure today are the result of our life - we really have to put ice blocks in our drinks."

Most mainstream scientists agree that the recent warming period was caused by an increase in carbon dioxide since the industrial revolution.

However Prof Plimer said the world has experienced three periods of cooling since 1850 and furthermore carbon dioxide was increasing during many of those cooler periods.

"If we had only had warming, then there would be a connect between co2 and temperature, there is not," he added.

Prof Plimer has come under attack as a "denialist poster boy" whose theories are in danger of stopping the world from tackling the grave dangers of climate change.

But he said the scientists "frightening people witless by following the party line" are motivated by politics and research funding.

"They are taking advantage of the current situation. That is understandable. In previous times people got wonderful research grants in a war against cancer and they achieved a lot of money for that. Now we have a war on climate change and we have a huge number of people out there who have their career staked on it and are beneficiaries of this process."

Vicky Pope, Head of Climate Change Advice at the Met Office, said it is widely accepted that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has doubled in the last 200 years and as a result the globe is warming.

She said there are "natural variations" in temperature caused by the weather as well as natural phenomenon like El Nino and human effects like pollution, but overall the climate has been getting hotter and has reached its warmest period in recent years.

"The basic physics is that if carbon dioxide increases then the temperature goes up," she said. (I guess she has yet to hear of the fact that heat precedes CO2 and not the other way around. - j)

A number of "climate change sceptics" will be giving talks in the run up to a key UN Summit in Copenhagen in December when the world is expected to agree an international deal to stop global warming.
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spike said:
Wait? Are you the guy that thinks billions of people have no effect? I was always wondering who that was.
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Of course we do...but we're just focusing on the wrong effects.

Re: Global warming, we have a minimal effect, at best. Certainly not enough of an effect to warrant the amount of effort being spent on reducing our outlay of CO2.

We do have an enormous effect on pollution..be it air pollution (CO, SO2, NO and particulate matter), water( including nitrides and other chemicals dumped into oceans and waterways), soil (hydrocarbons, pesticides, lead and heavy metals).
We also have an effect on soil erosion, overfishing, direct and indirect effects on ecosystems, deforestation etc...

Most of which is brushed under the carpet and overshadowed by the almighty CO2. *handonhip
 
ResearchMonkey said:
Yeah, basically. Global warming as promoted by Algore is a farce. We have an effect, but nothing like the cult of global warming would like us to believe.
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The lie of no man made global warming is a farce. The anti global warming cult are actually just a cult of morons being manipulated by lobbyists. People are seeing it as such. :rofl3:
 
Several icebergs have been drifting slowly northward with the ocean current toward the island over the past year, but it is uncommon for them to move so far into warmer northern waters, he said.

The scientists believe the iceberg will break up and melt rapidly as it continues its journey north.
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ya think? yay scientists. you told us something any four year old can figure out. here have some grant money
 
We know the truth, whereas you plebes never can!

Then you'll be OK when your electricity bill doubles
due to cap'n trade,
cuz you know who is ramming the stick up yo ass.


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